03383nam 22007094a 450 991045089730332120200520144314.01-351-14366-21-281-09842-697866110984210-7546-8368-0(CKB)1000000000411645(EBL)429839(OCoLC)476279200(SSID)ssj0000265486(PQKBManifestationID)11255702(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265486(PQKBWorkID)10299697(PQKB)11300425(MiAaPQ)EBC429839(Au-PeEL)EBL429839(CaPaEBR)ebr10211496(CaONFJC)MIL109842(EXLCZ)99100000000041164520020919d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnpicking gender[electronic resource] the social construction of gender in the Lancashire cotton weaving industry, 1880-1914 /Jutta SchwarzkopfAldershot, Hants, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgate20041 online resource (241 p.)Studies in labour historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7546-0980-4 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Contents; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Unpicking Gender: Introduction; 2 Setting the Scene: the Indian Summer of the Cotton Industry; 3 The Trouble with Weaving: Deriving Satisfaction from Work; 4 The Weaver's Rest: the Ultimate Escape from Weaving; 5 Making a Bid for a Family Wage: the Struggle around the Automatic Loom; 6 Weaving Fair and Weaving Free: England's Web of Destiny - Interweaving Shopfloor, Home and Street; 7 Gender Unpicked: Conclusion; Glossary of Technical Terms; Bibliography; IndexInvestigating the radicalising effects of gender in the Lancashire cotton mills between 1880 and 1914, this provocative work challenges the received wisdom that women were passive victims of a sexually segregated workplace. Instead it brings to the fore the proactive efforts of female workers to secure workplace equality, the successes of which led them to question and challenge their assigned position in wider society.Studies in labour history (Ashgate (Firm))Women textile workersEnglandLancashireHistorySexual division of laborEnglandLancashireHistorySex discrimination in employmentEnglandLancashireHistoryWomenEmploymentEnglandLancashireHistoryCotton weavingEnglandLancashireHistoryIndustrial relationsEnglandLancashireHistoryElectronic books.Women textile workersHistory.Sexual division of laborHistory.Sex discrimination in employmentHistory.WomenEmploymentHistory.Cotton weavingHistory.Industrial relationsHistory.331.4/877/00942609034Schwarzkopf Jutta986266MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450897303321Unpicking gender2254178UNINA